Buckle.



I. W. PARMENTER.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNB16,1911

Patented Mar. 30, 191l5.

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JOHN W. PARIVIENTER, 0F SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 16, 1911. p Serial No. 633,627.

T0 all LU/20m it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN W. PARMENTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buckles of the kind which may be readily attached or detached; the buckle being especially adapted for belts, although not necessarily confined to such use.

The object of the invention is to provide for quickly and easily detaching and attaching 'the buckle of the belt for the purpose of shortening the belt When necessary; also for reducing the cost of attaching the buckle by obviati'ng riveting and sewing and also by a saving of material by obviating the necessity of bending the material back upon itself as is the case When the belt is sevved on to the buckle.

A further object of the invention is to provide an' improved method of adjustably securing in position on the belt the loop or keeper for the free end of the belt.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of a portion of the belt With my improved ybuckle and keeper attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective o'f a portion of thebuckle. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the parts shown 1n Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail of the buckle end of the belt. Fig. 6 is a detail in perspective of the keeper and the means provided for securing it in position.

Like parts are represented by similar characters of reference in the several views.

I have shown my improvement applied to a buckle of the tongueless type such as that illustrated in Letters-Patent No. 858,414 issued to me July 2nd, 1907, although the improvements are also applicable to buckles of other types.

In the said drawings, 1 represents the sides of the buckle frame; 2 the end of the frame; and 3 the central transverse crossbar With which cooperates a main clamping lever 4 to secure the free end 5 of the belt, this lever being pivoted in the ears 6 which depend from the side frames 1 and having a convex surface 7 which clamps the belt to the cross-bar. The sides of the lever 4 are bent at right-angles so as to form Walls 8 and within the rear ends of these walls is pivoted an auxiliary lever 9; said lever being provided with small trunnions 10 journaled in'openings in said Walls 8 for this purpose.

Heretofore in devices of this character it has been usual to provide this auxiliary lever With sharpened teeth to engage with the leather of the belt to secure it in position Within the housing formed by the lever 4, its Walls 8 and lever 9. This method of securing the end of the belt has been found defective for the reason that lthe leather varies in thickness to such an extent that with thin belts the teeth sometimes fail to take proper hold of the leather and permit the end of the belt to tear out, While With thick leather a strain Will be brought upon the lever as to sometimes break 0E the trunnions. To overcome these defects by providing a construction in which the lever Will conform itself to all different thicknesses of leather, I have provided the lever 9 With a single projection 11 which extends at right-angles to the lever, and is adapted to engage an opening 12 formed in the buckle end 13 of the belt; the nature of this opening being such that it may readily be made with a pen knife.

,The loop or keeper for the free end of the belt is represented by 14 and is formed in the usual manner of leather. In order that this keeper may be readily detached and attached when it is desired to remove the buckle for the purpose of shortening the belt as heretofore explained I employ a small strap 15, provided at each end with a Wire loop 16 and 17 which loops may be attaohed to the strap in any desired manner. The strap 15 is attached to the keeper 14 in the manner shown in Fig. 6, in Which the strap 15 is shown looped about one side of the keeper and extended through the Wire loop 17, this being preferably done before the Wire loop 16 is attached. The Wire loop 16 is then inserted between the buckle end 13 of the belt and the clamping lever 9, before said lever 9 is turned into clamping position, as shown in Fig. 2, so that When said lever 9 is turned to its clamping position the projection 11 Will extend through the Wire loop 16 and thus secure the keeper 14 in position.

It Will be seen that the merchant may very readily reduce the size of the belt for the customer by simply unfastening the buckle end of the belt by raising the lever 9, cutarticle to be buckled, of means for securing A the free end of said article to said buckle, a clamping lever, a projection on said lever to engage the buckle end of said article to secure the same to said buckle, a keeper for the-free end of said article slidably mounted onxthe buckle end of said article, and a connection on said keeper adapted to be also removably secured by said projection to hold said keeper in position.

2. In a buckle, the combination, With the article to be buckled, of means for securing the free end of the buckled article to said buckle, a pivoted clamping lever, a projection on said lever to engage the buckle end of said article to secure the same to said buckle, a keeper slidably arranged on said article, a'strap connected With said keeper, the end of said strap being also adapted to .be engaged by said projection to hold said keeper in position, substantially as specified.

3. In a buckle, the combination, With the article to be buckled, of means for securing the free end of the buckled article to said buckle, a clamping lever, a projection on "said lever, the buckle end of said article having an opening to receive said projection whereby the buckle end of said article may be secured to said buckle, a keeper slid ably arranged on said article, a exible strap, a loop on one end of said flexible strap whereby said strap is secured to said keeper, and a loop on the free end of said strap to receive said lever projection to removably attach said keeper thereto, substantially as specified.

4. In a buckle, the combination, with the article to be buckled, of means for securing the free end of the buckled article to said buckle, a lever, means on said lever to engage the buckle end of said article to secure the same to said buckle, a keeper for the free end of said article slidably arranged on the buckle end thereof, and a connection on said kper adapted to be also removably engaged with said engaging means on said lever to hold said keeper in position.

5. In a buckle, the combination, with the article to be buckled, of a main frame, means for removably securing the free end of said article to said frame, a releasable device for removably securing the buckled end of said article to said securing means, a keeper slidably arranged on the buckle end of said article, and a connection on said keeper also adapted to be removably secured by said releasable device, for the purpose specilied.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set vmy hand this 13th day of June 1911.

JOI-IN IV. PARMEN'IER. llVitnesses:

CHAs. I. WELCH, ELSA K. SMITH'.

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